>>Not sure if this belongs under this area, but it seemed like the best fit.
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>>I'm trying to do a basic winsock connection with the MS Winsock control, but when I fire the .Connect method, it actually calls the Connect event, not the method, so it doesn't attemp to connect. The same is true with .Close
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>>How can I be sure that I'm calling the method and not the event when they have the same name?
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>A rather obvious question, but can you give them different names?

This is not my control, it's a winsock control from Microsoft. It has a Connect method and a Connect event.